# Sofie Baeten

> Sofie Baeten is a funding round investor at Trinean backing Solar, Energy and Chemical. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Trinean](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trinean)
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sofiebaeten

Sofie Baeten is a funding round investor at Trinean focused on Solar and Energy. Sofie Baeten, Ph.D., has a long experience in venture capital. She started her career at Mercedes and Bekaert before being active as managing partner at several investment funds such as Capital-E, an early stage investment fund in micro-electronics and advanced materials, Gimv and Baekeland Fonds II, a venture capital fund of the University ofGhent.She was involved in start-up and development financing of a high number of innovating companies. She holds a MSc degree in Materials Science Engineering from the University of Ghent, a Ph.D. from the University of Leuven and a master in Entrepreneurship from the Vlerick School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Solar | 1 | 14% |
| Energy | 1 | 14% |
| Chemical | 1 | 14% |
| Software | 1 | 14% |
| Industrial | 1 | 14% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 2 | 29% |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aloxy | Aloxy provides an industrial internet of things solution for monitoring manual valve position in the industry. The company's services include valve position monitoring, emergency showers, line blinds, device management, network monitoring, and data integrity. Aloxy provides dependable industrial Internet of Things solutions designed to meetthe demands of the process industries, including chemical, oil, and gas, and others. | $8.1M |  | Mar 11, 2025 |  |
| Aloxy | Aloxy provides an industrial internet of things solution for monitoring manual valve position in the industry. The company's services include valve position monitoring, emergency showers, line blinds, device management, network monitoring, and data integrity. Aloxy provides dependable industrial Internet of Things solutions designed to meetthe demands of the process industries, including chemical, oil, and gas, and others. | $4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 16, 2022 |  |
| Accelleran | Accelleran is pioneering a disruptive approach to the delivery of cost-effective, carrier and mission-critical grade TDD and FDD Small Cell networks through its focus on software quality and partnerships with volume manufacturers.Accelleran provides LTE Small Cell software and LTE Small Cell product solutions which address the real-worldchallenges of volume deployment of Small Cells. We offer turnkey solutions and unique experience on the challenges of integrating cellular technology on low cost, yet powerful platforms and architectures. Accelleran offers its customers solid and dependable system solutions, backed by the support of our unparalleled expertise.Accelleran’s technology is genuinely independent from any HW platform and enables operators to invest once in the integration and validation of a common software base that can be deployed across different segments, platforms and Small Cell architectural approaches to enable a truly integrated HetNet. | $8.2M | Series B | May 05, 2021 |  |
| Accelleran | Accelleran is pioneering a disruptive approach to the delivery of cost-effective, carrier and mission-critical grade TDD and FDD Small Cell networks through its focus on software quality and partnerships with volume manufacturers.Accelleran provides LTE Small Cell software and LTE Small Cell product solutions which address the real-worldchallenges of volume deployment of Small Cells. We offer turnkey solutions and unique experience on the challenges of integrating cellular technology on low cost, yet powerful platforms and architectures. Accelleran offers its customers solid and dependable system solutions, backed by the support of our unparalleled expertise.Accelleran’s technology is genuinely independent from any HW platform and enables operators to invest once in the integration and validation of a common software base that can be deployed across different segments, platforms and Small Cell architectural approaches to enable a truly integrated HetNet. | $8.2M | Series B | May 05, 2021 |  |
| Aloxy | Aloxy provides an industrial internet of things solution for monitoring manual valve position in the industry. The company's services include valve position monitoring, emergency showers, line blinds, device management, network monitoring, and data integrity. Aloxy provides dependable industrial Internet of Things solutions designed to meetthe demands of the process industries, including chemical, oil, and gas, and others. | $2.2M | Series A | Sep 07, 2018 |  |
| Laminaria | The LAMWEC project is made up of a consortium of ocean energy experts. The consortium is led by Laminaria, and includes EMEC, Innosea, Ghent University, and TTI Testing. | $2.2M |  | Sep 05, 2017 |  |
| Blue Foot Membranes | Blue Foot Membranes is a start-up company, producing and commercializing the unique and worldwide-patented Integrated Permeate Channel (IPC™) technology used in Membrane Bioreactors for the treatment of Industrial and Municipal waste water. BFM manufactures and supplies membranes for more efficient treatment of Industrial and Municipal waste water.The company was established in 2017 at Lommel, Limburg. | $2.7M | Seed | Jul 05, 2017 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Capital-E](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-e) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Innovation Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovation-fund-2) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [University of Antwerp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/university-of-antwerp) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Ark Angels Activator Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ark-angels-activator-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cogito Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cogito-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Dow Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dow-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Trinean

VC Fund · Gentbrugge, Belgium

Trinean is a Belgium based technology provider, bringing micro-volume molecular spectroscopy to the next level by combining best in class analytical software with a highly standardized read-out platform. Founded in 2006 as a spin-out of the Ghent University, Belgium and Imec Leuven, Belgium, the company commercializes UV/VIS spectrometers forbiomolecule quantification. The DropSense™16 and DropSense™96, analyzing up to 16 and 96 samples resp., use microfluidic chips for standardized sample analysis (DropPlates™ and Slides). The Trinean platform is complemented with a software toolbox for improved data interpretation and lab-automation.

2 contacts available at Trinean.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Philippe Stas | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/philippe-stas |
| Sofie Baeten | Board Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sofie-baeten-0c9a |

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## FAQ

### What does Sofie Baeten invest in?

Sofie Baeten invests primarily in Solar, Energy and Chemical startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Belgium. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Sofie Baeten last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sofie Baeten closed in Mar 2025. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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